November 2014, arsenal cinema

KinoPolska: Guest Tomasz Wasilewski

PŁYNĄCE WIEŻOWCE (Floating Skyscrapers, Poland 2013, 5.11., screening attended by Tomasz Wasilewski) Kuba, a competitive swimmer, lives with his girlfriend. One day he meets a young man who awakens unexpected feelings in him. Kuba is scared and fascinated at the same time. By drawing on close-ups, claustrophobic rooms and oppressive skyscraper landscapes, Wasilewski succeeds in creating an impressive reflection about the freedom to be yourself.

PRZESŁUCHANIE (Interrogation, Ryszard Bugajski, Poland 1982, 6.11., screening attended by Tomasz Wasilewski) This political thriller about Stalinist state terror during the early 1950s was banned for years in Poland and could first be screened in 1989. (al) In collaboration with the Polish Institute Berlin.

08:00 pm Cinema 1

La bataille d’Alger, un film dans l’Histoire

La bataille d’Alger, un film dans l’Histoire The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History Malek Bensmaïl France/Switzerland/Algeria 2017 DCP OV/EnS 117 min

Malek Bensmaïl in person

»1arsenal 1 | »2arsenal 2 | OV Original language version | GV German dubbed version | OV/GeS Original language version with German subtitles | OV/EnS Original language version with English subtitles | OV/GeT Original language version with German voice-over translation | OV/FrS Original language version with French subtitles | OV/SpS Original language version with Spanish subtitles | ItIntertitles | Repeat screening | Event with guests | For members only. Membership can be obtained at the box office | The film lengths listed in the program relate to the duration of the film only | *From the collection of the Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen | *From the collection of the Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art